Comparison of serum procalcitonin with Ranson, APACHE-II, Glasgow and Balthazar CT severity index scores in predicting severity of acute pancreatitis

BACKGROUND/AIMS: The aim of this study is to assess serum procalcitonin (PCT) for early prediction of severe acute pancreatitis compared with multiple scoring systems and biomarkers.

METHODS: Forty-four patients with acute pancreatitis confirmed by radiological evidences, laboratory assessments, and clinical manifestation were prospectively enrolled. All blood samples and image studies were obtained within 24 hours of admission.

RESULTS: Acute pancreatitis was graded as severe in 19 patients and mild in 25 patients according to the Atlanta criteria. Levels of serum PCT were significantly higher in severe acute pancreatitis (p=0.001). The accuracy of serum PCT as a predicting marker was 77.3%, which was similar to the acute physiology and chronic health examination (APACHE)-II score, worse than the Ranson score (93.2%) and better than the Balthazar CT index (65.9%). The most effective cut-off level of serum PCT was estimated at 1.77 ng/mL (AUC=0.797, 95% CI=0.658-0.935). In comparision to other simple biomarkers, serum PCT had more accurate value (77.3%) than C-reactive protein (68.2%), urea (75.0%) and lactic dehydrogenase (72.7%). Logistic regression analysis revealed that serum PCT has statistical significance in acute severe pancreatitis. Assessment of serum PCT levels and length of hospital stay by simple linear regression analysis revealed effective p-value with low R square level, which could make only possibilty for affection of serum PCT to admission duration (r2=0.127, p=0.021).

CONCLUSIONS: Serum PCT was a promising simple biomarker and had similar accuracy of APACHE-II scores as predicting severity of acute pancreatitis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2011

Erschienen:

2011

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:58

Enthalten in:

The Korean journal of gastroenterology = Taehan Sohwagi Hakhoe chi - 58(2011), 1 vom: 19. Juli, Seite 31-7

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Woo, Su Mi [VerfasserIn]
Noh, Myung Hwan [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Byung Geun [VerfasserIn]
Hsing, Chien Ter [VerfasserIn]
Han, Ji Sun [VerfasserIn]
Ryu, Seung Hee [VerfasserIn]
Seo, Jeong Min [VerfasserIn]
Yoon, Hyun Ah [VerfasserIn]
Jang, Jin Seok [VerfasserIn]
Choi, Seok Reyol [VerfasserIn]
Cho, Jin Han [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

8W8T17847W
9007-12-9
9007-41-4
Biomarkers
C-Reactive Protein
CALCA protein, human
Calcitonin
Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide
EC 1.1.1.27
JHB2QIZ69Z
Journal Article
L-Lactate Dehydrogenase
Protein Precursors
Urea

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 07.12.2011

Date Revised 16.03.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM210142251